WinZip® Self-Extractor creates self-extracting Zip files. These
self-extracting Zip files are ideal for electronic file distribution, because
they contain multiple compressed files, minimizing download time and ensuring
that important files do not become separated.
Additionally, WinZip Self-Extractor allows the recipient to use a familiar
Windows interface to decompress files without a separate unzip utility.
Self-extracting Zip files can optionally run a "setup" or "installation"
program, provided by the creator, after the files are decompressed.
WinZip Self-Extractor 4.0 is a companion product to WinZip and is separately
licensed. The current release of WinZip contains WinZip Self-Extractor Personal
Edition, a subset of WinZip Self-Extractor 4.0. For a comparison between WinZip
Self-Extractor Personal Edition and WinZip Self-Extractor 4.0.
Key Features
New Support for Jpeg Compression
Create self-extracting Zip files that contain files compressed with Jpeg
compression, delivering up to 25% compression of JPEG images with no loss in
quality
New Support for LZMA Compression
Create self-extracting Zip files that contain files compressed with LZMA
compression, delivering powerful compression for many file types
New Support for WavPack Compression
Create self-extracting Zip files that contain files compressed with WavPack
compression, delivering lossless compression of .WAV (audio) files
New Unicode Support
To ensure international characters are displayed for filenames in a Zip file
Support for Advanced Compression methods
Supports PPMd and Enhanced Deflate compressed files
Icon Support
WinZip Self-Extractor supports icon sizes of 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 96x96,
128x128, and 256x256. Vista png format icons are also supported.
Administrator Options
WinZip Self-Extractor allows you to specify the privilege level at which
self-extracting executables may be run. The “Run as Administrator” option lets
you create self-extractors that will prompt Vista users for elevated privileges
so self-extracting software installation packages have the required privilege
level to run on the new OS.
Support for Advanced Encryption
Create self-extracting Zip files that contain AES, 128- or 256-bit key,
encrypted files.
Wizard driven
WinZip Self-Extractor is wizard driven, which simplifies the process of
building self-extracting Zip files.
Customization
Easily create and customize your self-extracting Zip files.
Customize software installations
WinZip Self-Extractor can create self-extracting Zip files for software
installation using custom icons and splash screen, set up and about box text,
and can run .exe, .com, .bat or .inf files to facilitate software installation.
Standard self-extractors can open any file type in its associated application.
Span disks
A self-extracting Zip file created by WinZip Self-Extractor can span
multiple removable disks.
Invoke from Start/Run command
WinZip Self-Extractor can be run from the "Start" menu's "Run" dialog box by
simply typing "wzipse32".
Self-extractors for software installation
WinZip Self-Extractor can create self-extracting Zip files for software
installation that can run standard Microsoft-format .INF files as an alternative
to "setup" programs, and can clean up files even if the install process involves
a reboot.
Issue optional command after unzip
There is no practical limit on the length of the optional command issued by
self-extracting Zip files after the unzip operation completes.
International Language Messages
Self-extracting Zip files can be created with English or German messages.
Works with Windows Vista
Requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows
XP, or Windows Vista.